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    Michio Kaku on what makes a supergenius.
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    MICHIO KAKU:
    Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York Times Best Sellers, is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning and has hosted numerous science specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery/Science Channel. His radio show broadcasts to 100 radio stations every week. Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, as well as New York University (NYU).
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    TRANSCRIPT:
    Michio Kaku: If you watch the "Big Bang Theory" on CBS television you see these clueless nerds who are doormats when it comes to the opposite sex, right. And you realize is there any basis in reality? First of all none of my friends are like that and all my friends are physicists, right.
    Well there is a kernel of truth and that is some of these individuals may suffer from something called Asperger’s Syndrome which is a mild form of autism. These people are clueless when it comes to social interactions. They don’t look you in the eye, for example. And yet they have fantastic mental and mathematical capabilities. We think, for example, that Isaac Newton had Asperger’s. The greatest scientist of all time was very strange. He had no friends to speak of. He could not carry a decent conversation and yet here he was spitting out some of the greatest theories in the history of science. Calculus. The Universal Law of Gravitation. The Theory of Optics. And we think he had Asperger’s Syndrome.
    Now Asperger’s Syndrome is a mild form of autism and in autism we have what are called savants. That is people that have an IQ of maybe 80 but have incredible mathematical and musical abilities. In fact, some of these individuals can hear one symphony and just play it by memory on a piano. Other people could be in a helicopter, have a helicopter ride over Manhattan, see the entire New York harbor and then from memory sketch the entire harbor. In fact, if you want to see it go to JFK Airport in New York City and you will see it as you enter the international terminal. So what is it about these people? Well, first of all a lot of them had injuries to the left temporal lobe. One individual had a bullet as a child go right through the left temporal lobe. Another person dove into a swimming pool and injured very badly the left temporal lobe. And these people wound up with incredible mathematical abilities as a consequence. And so what is it about their brains?
    Well Einstein’s brain has actually been preserved. Einstein when he died had an autopsy in which case the pathologist stole the brain without permission of the family. He just realized that he was sitting next to something historic, took the brain, took it home with him, and it was sitting in a jar in his home for decades. He even drove across the country with the jar inside his trunk. And there’s even a TV special where you can actually see the cut up brain of Albert Einstein. And you realize first of all the brain is a little bit different. You can’t tell by looking at it that it’s so remarkably different but you realize that the connections between the prefontal cortex and the parietal lobe - a connection that is accentuated in people that do abstract reasoning is thickened. So there definitely is a difference in the brain of Einstein. But the question is did it make Einstein or did Einstein make this change of the brain?
    Are champions born or are they made? That still is not known because people who exercise mental abilities, mathematical abilities, they can thicken that part of the brain themselves. So we know that people who do well in mathematics, brain scans clearly show that their brains are slightly different from the average brain. So in conclusion, we’re still children with regards to understanding how this process takes place. Tonight don’t go home and bang yourself on the left temporal lobe. We don’t know how it works. We just know that in a tiny fraction of these cases people with injury to the left temporal lobe, some of the become super geniuses.
    Directed/Produced by Jonathan Fowler and Dillon Fitton

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    @bigthink  4 роки тому +11

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    • @GeneralPadron
      @GeneralPadron 3 роки тому +1

      You know who the supergenius is. It is the poor child whom is blessed by ALMIGHTY GOD YAHOVAH with knowledge and Truth. And is loved by said GOD. But is hated in a world of filth and lawlessness.

  • @youfoolwarrenisdead6400
    @youfoolwarrenisdead6400 8 років тому +585

    Stand still Junior. This is for your own good.

    • @fehmit160
      @fehmit160 8 років тому +11

      +YouFoolWarrenIsDead which side did you chose artist? analysist?

    • @youfoolwarrenisdead6400
      @youfoolwarrenisdead6400 8 років тому +9

      Uhhh, both, i guess?

    • @fehmit160
      @fehmit160 8 років тому +6

      YouFoolWarrenIsDead lol how xD injured both sides of brain of your son? then he became a moron

    • @youfoolwarrenisdead6400
      @youfoolwarrenisdead6400 8 років тому +84

      Don't you call my son a moron or i really make you a genius.

    • @Gyalzonfire
      @Gyalzonfire 4 роки тому +6

      @@fehmit160 Says the guy who's parents named him after a Chinese electronic store.

  • @ssnakezz
    @ssnakezz 10 років тому +1532

    That was the BEST EDIT EVER!!! Did not expect to see the Tyson meme on Big Think, made my day!

    • @bigthink
      @bigthink  10 років тому +86

      Thanks! Here's the original if you want more... goo.gl/k5qCWP

    • @Jammsbro1
      @Jammsbro1 10 років тому +35

      Laughed so hard at that.

    • @Stue-e
      @Stue-e 10 років тому +19

      Big Think Neil made my day :)

    • @markmolenaar4479
      @markmolenaar4479 10 років тому +4

      ***** Then it must have been reaaaaaally funny!

    • @briantumor9390
      @briantumor9390 10 років тому

      Apparently it didn't occur to any of you that there may have been a reason that he appeared at that point other than to humor you, and therefore, you failed to respect his purpose in appearing, thus diminishing his significance to that of a party favor.

  • @aye-jae
    @aye-jae 8 років тому +348

    Suck at math?
    Can't learn?
    Want to ace tests?
    BREAK YOUR HEAD TODAY!

  • @Christoere
    @Christoere 10 років тому +536

    Well, I do need to pass maths... I suppose I have no choice...

    • @M6Alex6961992
      @M6Alex6961992 10 років тому +1

      I would love to Study alot of things but i need to pass math first and make the matura . Thats why i hate math but hey math is also interesting at some point .

    • @pratyush997
      @pratyush997 10 років тому +7

      Use Thor's hammer to hit your head..
      Tried it yesterday.. Works perfectly*.
      *T&C applied..

    • @M6Alex6961992
      @M6Alex6961992 9 років тому +1

      ***** It doesn*t get worse just complicated i think In my Opinion i always hated Math i was good in all other stuff but in Math i failed in School .

    • @codywaldrop8370
      @codywaldrop8370 7 років тому +2

      cotxe11 you know ironically Einstein hated math too. he used simple algerebra to the extent that he could to form his theories and later on in life when he needed a more refined skill set for some of his other problems and work re taught himself how to use calculus and etc. and rather tried to use the simplest math possible in his works and therums.

    • @IkramulHasanLV
      @IkramulHasanLV 6 років тому

      use a hammer for better result

  • @ThaTroothHurts
    @ThaTroothHurts 10 років тому +82

    "Don't go home and bang yourself on the temporal lobe"
    **Slowly puts down paper weight** o-o

  • @Lokim23
    @Lokim23 10 років тому +554

    I was stupid... until I took an arrow to the left temporal lobe.... ;)

    • @madabz81
      @madabz81 6 років тому +5

      Lokim23 Skyrim!!

    • @moistmeter3634
      @moistmeter3634 6 років тому

      Lokim23 I was stupid until I accepted the great moon pie god of moon pie goodness and I'm still stupid

    • @ETQvlog
      @ETQvlog 6 років тому +1

      And you are Einstein. FrankEinstein.

    • @dcllaw677
      @dcllaw677 6 років тому

      How many people with injuries to the left temporal lobe become idiots?

    • @emilymendoza6433
      @emilymendoza6433 6 років тому

      Lokim23 omg this comment make me laugh so much. Thank you

  • @alric4106
    @alric4106 10 років тому +77

    “If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.”
    -Lyall Watson

    • @kwiky5643
      @kwiky5643 Рік тому +1

      Great paradox, you have to be intelligent to understand how brain works but to do so, your brain can’t be simple

  • @CrazyIrishDrunk1
    @CrazyIrishDrunk1 7 років тому +36

    The weirdest true story I ever heard was a woman who had a stroke and she woke up in hospital and she no longer spoke English but fluent French or Welsh, I think it was Welsh. There was another story of a man who got shot in the head and had literally a portion of his brain blown out. When he recovered he had incredible mathematical abilities, abilities he definitely didn't have before. We know so little about the brain.

  • @ThePcHelperdude
    @ThePcHelperdude 8 років тому +128

    *repeatedly punches myself in the left temporal lobe*

  • @gokunorris5351
    @gokunorris5351 8 років тому +63

    He just dised the entire big bang cast..... Savage

  • @joeytorres5442
    @joeytorres5442 2 роки тому +7

    Mr. Kaku I first saw you in a seminar on UA-cam the other day you are such a remarkable person and quite funny in my add. And I cannot imagine the thousands of children that will be trying to become a physicist just because of your efforts and your character you're a remarkable person and I'm humbled and grateful to see you in my life on. 🌎

  • @XTCBiscuit
    @XTCBiscuit 6 років тому +19

    Thankyou Mr. Kaku for the cautionary warning at the end. I'd felt all my life that I was one good blow away from transcending my normal mediocre intellect, and midway through your talk I'd just about been convinced it was a good idea to try. Phew, close call

    • @extropiantranshuman
      @extropiantranshuman 2 роки тому

      guess you'd need to try it the real way - exercising your brain in a way that changes it - as I mentioned becoming left handed (due to the opposite side operating it - the left side would be underused), but you can just do right-brained thinking more!

  • @Hexaotl
    @Hexaotl 10 років тому +38

    Asperger isnt a "mild" form of autism, and it is veeeeery important to note that by no means do all people with asperger have any "special" abilities. But some do

    • @osakablinladen
      @osakablinladen 10 років тому +8

      It's mild in comparison to other autism cases, not normal people.

    • @InnovumTechnology
      @InnovumTechnology 9 років тому +5

      I've even heard arguments that it shouldn't be considered an autism spectrum disorder because the brains of people with aspergers are vastly different from the brains of people with classic autism. Classic autism appears to be caused by deformed gray matter in the cortex. Aspergers appears to be caused by deformities in the white matter.

    • @umberto488
      @umberto488 Рік тому

      Ummm...yes it is

    • @giuseppeLizzi-rj3er
      @giuseppeLizzi-rj3er 5 місяців тому

      How many combinations of life could there be doing difficult tasks to stay alive

  • @manabismanabis7472
    @manabismanabis7472 8 років тому +7

    This guy has the charisma of making examples for average people to understand science,simply outstanding.

  • @Umirua
    @Umirua 8 років тому +115

    Let me be frank though, just because some people have asperger's don't neccessarily mean they are geniuses. Trust me, I was diagnosed with it and have spent some summers in a support camp. Some of the guys there were total idiots while others pretty smart.
    One kid, only a year younger than me was obsessed with smurfs. He was autism defined, but without the smarts.

    • @jonas8481
      @jonas8481 8 років тому +3

      Are you sure it is asperger and not autism. If you are sure it is asperger do an IQ test you may not be a genius but at least above average or gifted because that is part of asperger. Having a high IQ also dosen't mean you're good at everything you just have to find your talent.

    • @jonas8481
      @jonas8481 8 років тому +1

      Forgot to say asperger and autism is not the exact same.

    • @Umirua
      @Umirua 8 років тому +5

      Jonas Kosinski
      Well I am a member of mensa with an estimated iq level of 137
      So I guess I'm just gifted

    • @jonas8481
      @jonas8481 8 років тому

      +The_Pyromancer That however doesnt nessisarly mean you have asperger

    • @Umirua
      @Umirua 8 років тому +2

      Jonas Kosinski
      But I do have it

  • @doibing9856
    @doibing9856 7 років тому +6

    As an aspie here, i'm here to say not all aspies are genius. But i will say, i did learn the piano very quickly.

  • @TheHeartOvALion
    @TheHeartOvALion 10 років тому +17

    The most brilliant minds are often the strangest, the price you have to pay for greatness I guess!

  • @JustSomeIdiot794
    @JustSomeIdiot794 10 років тому +51

    Well I guess it's time to hit my left temporal lobe to help me on my math test.

  • @ura239
    @ura239 9 років тому +2

    I had a bad injury to the left side of my head 15 yrs ago.Shortly after I developed an obsession with mathematics. I started teaching myself algebra and within a period of time I was up to multivariable calculus , vector analysis, partial differential equations , linear algebra, fourier analysis , even tensor analysis.So many areas and I'm still teaching myself more , I also draw,and play 3 musical instruments . I thank the Lord that my skills have become solid. I don't consider myself a super genius just and average intelligent person ,although people tend to see in me what I wish I really was.....

  • @matonic101
    @matonic101 8 років тому +1

    I struggle with aspergers. The way school showed me the patriotic table, they taught me to use it as a reference. I learned a story that reminded the listener of each element based on object in the story. Through visual thinking, and visual learning, I was able to learn the entire table in two days.

  • @sleepyeyeguy
    @sleepyeyeguy 8 років тому +7

    Thanks Dr. Kaku, for creating awareness!

  • @InferiorGamer
    @InferiorGamer 8 років тому +4

    Food for thought. It takes a unique mind to sift through the 'norm' and see what others can't. With that said, that person may have lost other traits we consider necessary, while actually, we're simply smothering them with priorities their advanced minds chose to leave behind.

  • @xgeo3586
    @xgeo3586 10 років тому +2

    Hey thank you Dr. Michio kaku! I actually a week ago was reading about savants and asperger's because my nephew has Autism but he likes numbers, loves numbers always counting down or up even watching boxing he likes the timer. Very Unique individuals in my view.

  • @Riiisuu
    @Riiisuu 5 років тому

    This is actually such a relief for me. When I was 15 I sucked at math, later that year I fainted and hit my head, specifically the left side, on a metal bar, this was the summer holidays, the next year i suddenly excelled at maths and physics and now I’m at university with a scholarship to study physics, and I have a near perfect recollection of a lot of events, and more usefully all the physics equations and constants I’ve ever used even if I’ve only seen them a couple time.

    • @akramdiafat9380
      @akramdiafat9380 Рік тому +1

      stop encouraging people to smash their heads, those are rarely cases

  • @Takedownman
    @Takedownman 10 років тому +17

    I have a mild form of aspergers, the one categorized as "The Actor", in other words I know how to act around people, though I really don't understand emotions at all!

    • @Ray2311us
      @Ray2311us 3 роки тому

      At this point, all I can relate to is the song dumb by Nirvana

    • @Ray2311us
      @Ray2311us 3 роки тому +1

      I don’t want to analyze your comment so that I can make something out of nothing. I’m tired of seeking, I’m tired of curiosity. I guess they forgot I read the comments for knowledge too. is it ignorance or just carelessness to judge that fact about me...

    • @Ray2311us
      @Ray2311us 3 роки тому +1

      Aspergers and autism are just the old natural forms of Masculine behavior. The autist could say something that would hurt someone else’s feelings and not know it, because they did not process the natural laws of social dynamics before speaking. They are good at math and or logical information. They do have feelings too, but it’s rare to see it unless they are indulging in gluttony or tiring their selves to death with physical work.

    • @handsomedude7644
      @handsomedude7644 Рік тому

      I identify myself as the Author and I'm an introvert if that means anything. Welcome to the sigma family.

  • @DManCAWMaster
    @DManCAWMaster 7 років тому +8

    I have Aspergers and I don't consider myself to be a genius. I got good grades in school but I contribute it to dedication. It can be a curse having it. Sure I might be "smart" but I'm lonely too.

    • @into.the.wood.chipper.
      @into.the.wood.chipper. 7 років тому +2

      People with Asperger's are intelligent, but not necessarily smart- lots of brilliant mistfits did not get good grades in school. If you're both intelligent and smart, consider yourself to have won the lottery- most people are either one or the other, but to be both is rare.

    • @makeithappen4208
      @makeithappen4208 2 роки тому

      Bro i hope everything is well now

    • @Treviscoe
      @Treviscoe 2 роки тому

      Me too. I have Asperger's and also got good grades but they didn't come easily to me - I had to work hard for them.

  • @aaroncobb9930
    @aaroncobb9930 9 років тому +1

    Seeing Tyson around the one minute mark made my day. The Big Think does a lot of good simply by disseminating the information it does, but in that moment they couldn't have done any more good than that.

  • @The_Unintelligent_Speculator
    @The_Unintelligent_Speculator 4 роки тому +2

    I listen to this man everyday going to and from work.

  • @N0N0111
    @N0N0111 6 років тому +19

    3:42
    Haha made me laugh, the actual thought steps he already made.
    What people will be doing after this info.

  • @Jake-Day
    @Jake-Day 9 років тому +20

    Unfortunately Asperger's syndrome is used as a scapegoat to correlate low social skills with being intelligent. The majority of people suffering from a lack of friends simply need to work on making friends. It usually involves turning off the computer and going out in society. I had to learn this for myself. Being recluse didn't endow me with knowledge or processing skills. I had Asshole syndrome.

    • @Gnurklesquimp
      @Gnurklesquimp 9 років тому +2

      Goraka91 It kind of bothers me aswell, but I'm getting better at realizing that alot of what most people say is nonsense anyway :D

    • @kallemick
      @kallemick 9 років тому +1

      Goraka91 I get that same feeling... But well it doesn't surprise me in a way.... Who knows maybe we should start using "Neurotypical" as an insult?

    • @vvmakovv2689
      @vvmakovv2689 8 років тому

      +Wild Academy really dumb comment...

  • @sexybeast7728
    @sexybeast7728 7 років тому +1

    3:43
    You got me Michio.. that was exactly what i was thinking of doing

  • @0Osiris
    @0Osiris 5 років тому +1

    Thanks Dr Kaku, as a neurologist diagnosed me with this as a young child and I did further studies on my own brain. I love self education, but get me into a social situation and whoa! Yay to brain damage! It's not that simple though, but he explains it for the masses to understand the power of the brain and that we're not monsters, or are we hehe;) I'm a humanist, but a complete independent minded individual who just focuses on complex issues we all face. Judgment will get us nowhere and everywhere if one can understand where I'm coming from. Even social media is a problem for people like me, but adaptation is a survival tool. Good day to all us weirdos!

  • @StarRider587
    @StarRider587 10 років тому +13

    I've always liked Michio Kaku. His metaphors are always fun and he is a pretty fun physicist.

  • @PMW3
    @PMW3 10 років тому +23

    Dr. Tyson doesn't seem to be that impressed by the invention of calculus

  • @treystylespro1
    @treystylespro1 9 років тому +1

    That made alot of sence to me. Explain why i think soo damn much about everything to the smallest detail. And that started after a headinjury when i was about ten, cracked my skull open. Soo thanks for giving me some type of ansaw for it.

  • @therealjordiano
    @therealjordiano 10 років тому

    nice touch with the neil in the background lol, cool vid as always :D

  • @SquareSquared2
    @SquareSquared2 10 років тому +5

    When this man himself calls you a clueless nerd...there is something to be said

  • @TheBluMeeny
    @TheBluMeeny 10 років тому +9

    I lost it when Neil popped up. I think this has to be the funniest big think video ever.

  • @chrisatkeson4638
    @chrisatkeson4638 8 років тому +1

    Thank you Michio. I have been hitting my head with a rock for years and have been making steady progress.

    • @sumit-qz7gj
      @sumit-qz7gj 2 роки тому +2

      Any improvement in 5 years

    • @chrisatkeson4638
      @chrisatkeson4638 2 роки тому +1

      @@sumit-qz7gj the progress has been steady.

  • @amankarki1207
    @amankarki1207 7 років тому

    Tx sir 4 knowledge keep updating

  • @SommetiderHvorforDetRoligRolig
    @SommetiderHvorforDetRoligRolig 9 років тому +101

    LMAO!! what is up with the neil degrasse tyson meme at 0:59

    • @jukenez
      @jukenez 9 років тому +42

      issac neuton was apparently a bad ass over here

    • @isaac94322
      @isaac94322 9 років тому +1

      bryan mcjerald it's Isaac newton. 😁

    • @marksang-pur9984
      @marksang-pur9984 5 років тому

      What you mean.. that meme made my day haha

  • @nomnsookeke4882
    @nomnsookeke4882 8 років тому +107

    *puts left temporal lobe in the path of a bullet train*
    "wait a minute..."
    R.I.P

  • @muhammadnaveed7856
    @muhammadnaveed7856 6 років тому

    Beautifully crafted caption referring both to michio kaku and to the topic

  • @GAGUTJOY
    @GAGUTJOY 2 місяці тому

    This video changed my life. I had an injury to my left side and I was great at mathematics.

  • @K0r0n1s
    @K0r0n1s 10 років тому +3

    Gotta love the Tyson Cameo 1:00 xD

  • @theextinctsurgeon310
    @theextinctsurgeon310 10 років тому +17

    what michio kaku left out was that in order to succeed in mathematics and physics you have to be a genius. i envy the autistic and asperger. i know it cant be pleasant having such a condition but just the pure math skills. since 2013 i worshiped mathematics wanting to learn. i want to be autistic i want those math skills. its all i ever wanted, and i want to speak like a robot. if only..if only i was a genius

    • @Mrbrainiac
      @Mrbrainiac 10 років тому +3

      everything has it's price....

    • @theextinctsurgeon310
      @theextinctsurgeon310 10 років тому

      mohammed khired it was random therefore its not

    • @MuhammadIrfan-vo9kn
      @MuhammadIrfan-vo9kn 10 років тому +8

      you don't want to be autistic or asperger or anything related to it. Let me tell you, as asperger I can barely have sleep more than 5 hours a day bacuse constant nightmare (you should look into it, it's quite common among asperger), second you will not have successful organizational career and now I am slammed by this particular hard fact knowing that 16 years old teeneger are more successful than me. Third I also have limited "oprerational time", studying in college more than 3 hours and things usually gets messy after that.
      I really hope you think more carefully for the pray.

    • @theextinctsurgeon310
      @theextinctsurgeon310 10 років тому

      Muhammad Irfan how about those math abilities? i envy you

    • @MuhammadIrfan-vo9kn
      @MuhammadIrfan-vo9kn 10 років тому

      And I have seen people "look" smarter and have successful career in organization. The math ability is no big deal although I have "advantage" among "other". Yeah suire I can study differential mathematic and quantitative finance when I am 19 only using free lecture video and torrented pdf, but it's just a part of bigger picture to succeed in organization such as corporation or government.
      What the kaku talk about is the savant, the genius that is born and if you look into his other video "the neuro science of genius" you will need to be in some upper class of society to succeed in physic.
      Some asperger have super long term memory like temple grandin or even tesla maybe can picture a whole machine in their mind. Some have good short term memory, so good that studying math is ilke studying second language but somehow suck in physic cos they can't even picture dropping ball in mind.

  • @CoreyB777
    @CoreyB777 6 років тому +1

    I met a 6 year old with asperger's, after i told him that pie equals 3.14. He then looked me dead in the eyes and continued to tell me every equation with pie.
    Keep in mind he did not know what pie was or that it equaled 3.14 until after i told him.
    Later on we were having some kind of mechanical problem with our pickup truck and he took one look at it and told us what the issue was and how to fix it.
    So we did what he told us and sure enough he was right.
    2 years later when this kid was 8 he had hacked into every computer in the city, which it was a very small town, and some how figured out a way to make all the computers play his favorite episode of barney.
    This kid's name is kirsten and he is next level genius.
    I have not seen him in about 10 years now so i can only imagine his level of intelligence now.

  • @coolbeans8682
    @coolbeans8682 3 роки тому

    Once a student of history, I thought I was completely stupid until I met a professor of physics at my local Uni. We had a conversation about some of the things that interested him. We talked a lot. And apparently I wasn't a complete tool... "He must be insane", I thought... But although I didn't understand much of what he was saying, he kept encouraging me to keep being inquisitive and annoying. And I did. Very much so. Today I am giving lectures in theoretical physics and I absolutely love it. The moral of the story is: don't let preconceptions of your own abilities halter your progress. Some people may overestimate their abilities but a whole lot do the exact opposite. Cheers!

  • @netwiz2
    @netwiz2 10 років тому +3

    the human brain is fascinating, it has so many paths it take, and if some of these paths are blocked due to some let's say an injury like Dr Michio Kaku said, the brain will have to find a new path, and that new path would have to pass through new regions that would unlocked a new abilities for that person....which begs the Question, if we managed to unlocked these paths or some of it, what would we become??!!

  • @LorenAguilar
    @LorenAguilar 9 років тому +22

    Aight looks like I have to shoot my left temporal lobe to pass the Math final

  • @abhishek8515
    @abhishek8515 7 років тому

    hahaha that tyson meme change my whole perception about this challenge in a good way u guys have sense of humour also good

  • @mrsan2022
    @mrsan2022 4 роки тому

    connection between prefrontal cortex and parietal lobe - that connection is accentuated in people who do abstract reasoning is thickened

  • @OSuKaRuTV1
    @OSuKaRuTV1 10 років тому +5

    XDD I loved that random "NeilDeGasse's Badass" moment XD 1:00

  • @SCWoodbury2009
    @SCWoodbury2009 10 років тому +194

    I think it's safe to say that we humans with our brains are not one dimensional beings. We are multidimensional living beings and we have been trying to teach and work in these one dimensional institutions. We need to have a better understanding of ourselves and of our situation. Before institutions can change, people need to change and evolve on a host of issues.

    • @ScubaShneve
      @ScubaShneve 10 років тому +25

      Deep, bro.

    • @MrRizeAG
      @MrRizeAG 10 років тому +61

      my cock is multidimensional

    • @Dumass88
      @Dumass88 10 років тому +45

      We are all 3D, i think most people know this.

    • @zacharyp32
      @zacharyp32 10 років тому +37

      wtf you smokin man?

    • @SCWoodbury2009
      @SCWoodbury2009 10 років тому

      You guys are funny. I must now return to my yoga and my morning music ...soundtrack from 'A Fistful of Dollars'.

  • @star1234922
    @star1234922 7 років тому

    I keep thinking of these kinds of equations

  • @patriklillehammer6532
    @patriklillehammer6532 8 років тому +1

    I was diagnosed with asperger's syndrome when I was about 7 y/o. Funny thing that my cat tore my left lobe when I was about 4. I don't know if I should be greatful or not, because It's hard to put myself in a social situation or focus on school, but I love math. It has been more of a misery than a gift.

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire 10 років тому +13

    Was I hallucinating, or did a phantom Neil DeGrasse Tyson appear for a second there?

    • @supokanatm3435
      @supokanatm3435 5 років тому +1

      No there was no Neil Degrasse Tyson The whole video

  • @TheHuggableEmpire
    @TheHuggableEmpire 9 років тому +35

    Dang, I've died about 76 times in my previous lifetimes trying to injure my left temporal lobe. Hopefully when I do it now I'll become a genius. If not, see you in my next life!

    • @atlasmassamuel1016
      @atlasmassamuel1016 9 років тому +1

      Hello baby Dban I'd like

    • @TheHuggableEmpire
      @TheHuggableEmpire 9 років тому +2

      stephen kost Maybe you shouldn't be such a pessimist and and just enjoy a joke once in awhile. I guess maybe I should remind you to do so. Maybe.

    • @TheHuggableEmpire
      @TheHuggableEmpire 8 років тому +2

      ***** Wow really that must mean I haven't been watching anime

    • @OpportunisticHunter
      @OpportunisticHunter 5 років тому +1

      + Dban1 Do it before you reach the age of 5

    • @prajwolshrestha5573
      @prajwolshrestha5573 5 років тому +1

      looks like you've successfully recognized yourself in all of those lives you've lived you're already not like the rest.

  • @garywellings2281
    @garywellings2281 7 років тому

    Plus the Tyson popup was on Michio's left shoulder. Love you Michio; please give us more 😅

  • @rosavand7128
    @rosavand7128 4 роки тому

    The last part was awesome 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @MClaudeW
    @MClaudeW 8 років тому +4

    A note to my previous comment, I have been positive that my left temporal lobe was and is dark for a long time, only watching this video have I come to face the possibility that I may have actually developed the ability to map an accurate and perceptible mental image of my own cerebral activatity.

    • @extropiantranshuman
      @extropiantranshuman 2 роки тому +1

      if you do - can you post it somewhere and share it with me?

  • @zlozlozlo
    @zlozlozlo 10 років тому +31

    The term "supergenius" is completely superfluous, the only reason it exists is the dilution of the meaning of the word "genius" in contemporary American English: "Oh you ordered extra fries! Genius!"
    Also, the characters on The Big Bang Theory were originally based on computer nerds such as myself, who are simply socially awkward. I know many people like that, in fact I am a lot like Sheldon Cooper when it comes to women. I don't have Asperger's, I just have plain social anxiety.

    • @emilgallier
      @emilgallier 10 років тому +16

      Sheldon does not seem to suffer from social anxiety. He can speak his mind completely without feeling awkward. He is more or less the exact opposite of someone socialy anxious. He has 0 social skills, he cant understand sarcasm,he doesnt get jokes, he cant understand awkwardness. feeling social anxiety actually means that the part of the brain that processes social behaviour is functioning very well. You are just overly aware of the people you talk to and what they think about you, making you tense up, overthink things and get nervous.. Atleast thats how i felt:p
      You can train it away, im on my way out of years of feeling awkward..

    • @osakablinladen
      @osakablinladen 10 років тому +2

      Chocolate Wizard
      "feeling social anxiety actually means that the part of the brain that processes social behaviour is functioning very well."
      That's a pretty big generalization. Social anxiety is pretty common in autism. I think lack of social skills itself can contribute to anxiety a lot, not saying it's the case for everyone.

    • @beatrizvaldes986
      @beatrizvaldes986 10 років тому +1

      As someone who feels very much at home in social situations, and has a hard time with numbers, I guess I am lucky in that we don´t need numbers as much as we need to interact with others. But if you are a lot like Sheldon Cooper, then you are extremely likeable!

    • @Cad3ncee
      @Cad3ncee 10 років тому

      Beatriz Valdes Not on an individual scale but overall I would rather be on the genius side of the scale than the social one personally.

    • @beatrizvaldes986
      @beatrizvaldes986 10 років тому

      I am not too sure. I think a good average or slightly above average intelligence is the most comfortable way to navigate a human lifespan. Though we do need the geniuses!!!

  • @ChristAliveForevermore
    @ChristAliveForevermore Рік тому

    I was diagnosed with Asperger's at age 6, as well as ADHD (and C-PTSD). At age 26, I'm extremely well-socialized (but my awkwardness comes out in impromptu lectures on topics which either keep people in attention or cause them to tune out); that, and my phraseology is considered unique.
    Presently I'm going for my Master's in mathematics, which I've always been extremely gifted at. I've always likened my ability to reason, speak, and write as a typewriter that won't turn off in my head, but it writes in only English or abstractions.
    I hope to accomplish great things in this world, but if I had to choose between intellectual greatness and having loved ones in my life, I'd commit to being stupid. Thankfully I don't have to.

  • @Veepee666
    @Veepee666 9 років тому

    That Tyson edit :) Great video!

  • @3dgar7eandro
    @3dgar7eandro 4 роки тому +4

    What a flawless way of talking big fan of him and Neil Degrasse

  • @Ostebrix
    @Ostebrix 10 років тому +39

    0:59 Neil degrasse Tyson vlog bombing xD

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    • @jeronp420
      @jeronp420 10 років тому

      lol I busted out laughing like WTF?!1

    • @nikkitytom
      @nikkitytom 9 років тому

      That was my reaction. What the heck is he doing there floating in cyberspace.? My first reaction is that it's a prank. Exactly the sort of trick I'd pull on a friend. I'll bet Kaku was surprised when he saw this clip.

    • @skullbreaker1913
      @skullbreaker1913 9 років тому +3

      nikkitytom its because michio always pulls up issac newton because he looked up to him as well as einstein. And in most of what he mentions about gravity he pulls up newtons book "the mathematic principles of natural philosophy" and how he made his own calculation (which is calculus, thats why neil reacts right when he says calculus) in order to find calculations of the gravitational pull of the earth, the moon, and the comets that shoot across the heavens, in which humans have looked up and made stories about in order to explain said phenominon.

    • @nikkitytom
      @nikkitytom 9 років тому

      Skull Breaker Works for me. Still I would have loved a good prank!

  • @julian_ossuna
    @julian_ossuna 3 роки тому

    00:52 I wasn't expecting that hahahaha

  • @Funkucunt
    @Funkucunt 6 років тому

    ill just keep watching you and learn something new everyday the world should thank you I thank you

  • @KristopherWilliams_tahmson
    @KristopherWilliams_tahmson 9 років тому +15

    haha that addition of degrasse tyson doe!

  • @girafmad
    @girafmad 10 років тому +8

    I had a small head trauma left frontal lope has taken a small amount of dmg, and I lost my ability to do math. so yeah don't bang your head in.

  • @Punkledunk
    @Punkledunk 9 років тому +2

    I have aspergers and this gives me confidence that I will become a productive member of society.

  • @abint.k2223
    @abint.k2223 5 років тому

    He is really a motivation for me.

  • @mrzack888
    @mrzack888 10 років тому +57

    the guy who stole einstein's brian and drove around with it seems a bit weird to me.

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 10 років тому +27

      Our sense of value can malfunction sometimes, like when someone buys Dr. Dre's filthy used napkins for large amounts of money.

    • @mageface.
      @mageface. 10 років тому +17

      Miranox Oh come on now, Beats aren't THAT bad..

    • @McGyver777ATGMAIL
      @McGyver777ATGMAIL 10 років тому +1

      Mageface LOL

    • @osakablinladen
      @osakablinladen 10 років тому +1

      Mageface
      They are.

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 10 років тому

      *****
      I don't remember the details but it's ridiculous either way. It's certainly not useful for science.

  • @Tr3v0rr96
    @Tr3v0rr96 7 років тому +14

    Where's a hammer? I need to do good on my math test

  • @michil.1192
    @michil.1192 6 років тому

    "Are champions born or are champions made?" - great quote

  • @weshouser821
    @weshouser821 7 років тому +1

    When he says "We just know in a tiny fraction of these cases people with injury to the left temporal lobe some of them become super geniuses" it seems like when sometimes you go through injury and everything grows back stronger. A lot of times it doesn't lol, but sometimes it does. The human eye is really complex and it heals really fast, the human brain is complex and it seems to heal in its own way. The way he is explaining it, the muscles in the brain are pretty much like any other muscle in the body. Here soon we will have an "information diet" and have to make sure we have "healthy information" to consume for our brains lol. The internet and the information age is changing the game all around the world.

  • @FirestormAudio
    @FirestormAudio 10 років тому +3

    Michio Kaku is so awesome.

  • @LightningSonic
    @LightningSonic 10 років тому +24

    Go home and bang my head on the wall and damage my left temporal lobe to become a super genius you say? I'm on it, boss.

  • @SeanTheSheepMusic
    @SeanTheSheepMusic 10 років тому +1

    Omg i just pissed my self laughing when neil poped up lmfao

  • @GarrettDavisHustle
    @GarrettDavisHustle 10 років тому

    bigthink i love you.
    i request you get a dr. kaku and dr. tyson discussion of the universe
    all of us would love it, and it would be the first conversation on video with both of them.
    the only time i've seen it is on a documentary but their talks were separate .
    and a cell phone video of neil introducing kaku to an audience
    PLEASE - TYSON & KAKU

  • @thatoneguysteve85
    @thatoneguysteve85 10 років тому +6

    I liked the video as soon as I saw Tyson LOL

    • @Rsslone
      @Rsslone 10 років тому +1

      Same, That was a great Tyson pop in.

  • @name7251
    @name7251 10 років тому +12

    Savants have a huge potential,imagine a world where we are able to make everyone savants but without the negetive part,everyone will be geniuses in this world and the technology there will be much more advanced then ours,savants have the potential to be the next step of human evolution(when we will learn to fix the negtive parts of it ofcourse).

    • @SubliminalEncryption
      @SubliminalEncryption 10 років тому +4

      While I agree that at face value that sounds great, but we have to look at the other side of it. You make the entire world "genius" and now you still have the same people emotionally, but now smarter right? So what happens when you have a smarter hitler, stalin, manson (arguable), Castro etc etc? I dont think that would be advisable even in the short term, and greater intelligence or higher capacity for learning does not make people have morals or more ethical or even have the social skills to be a successful and benefit to the world. Not surprisingly, most of those that I listed were already above average intelligence and yet were complete psychopaths.
      The real question in my mind is: Are the risks worth the benefits?

    • @name7251
      @name7251 10 років тому

      ***** If we will use AI then we will most likely program them to listen to us and only act in favor of humans,if they will break this code we will mass produce EMP just for caution that will be activated as a failsafe,trust me,humainty won't blindly throw itself in the hands of machines.

    • @name7251
      @name7251 10 років тому

      ***** Indeed,after all the human brain is the most complex object in the universe(that we currently know of).

    • @MSHKYT
      @MSHKYT 10 років тому

      No, savant isn't the most preferred mental condition. Especially a savant with no EQ. In today's world you are at a massive disadvantage if you have aspergers.

    • @McGyver777ATGMAIL
      @McGyver777ATGMAIL 10 років тому

      Name the first A. I. Will not be asking humans for permission to do dick, and anyone thinking such a thing is fooling themselves. You ever asked a bacterium what you can or can't do? That settles the argument.

  • @juanmatapatpinoy
    @juanmatapatpinoy 6 років тому

    I will stop hitting my left head from now with hard object. Thanks for the advice.

  • @MClaudeW
    @MClaudeW 8 років тому

    Omg I can't believe I didn't notice there are 1,374,258 subscribers! How could I say Nein to that!? I'm subscribing!

  • @rickcarlisle7005
    @rickcarlisle7005 9 років тому +16

    i was banging my left lobe until he said to stop.. ;"""""(

    • @YojanRaiPro
      @YojanRaiPro 9 років тому +5

      Dick Carlisle That's not the way, work hard and you will achieve.

    • @alisalexter4072
      @alisalexter4072 5 років тому

      Nepz pro Aspies might be geniuses, but it also comes with great burden, in social aspects

  • @TheShachattack13
    @TheShachattack13 10 років тому +31

    Can someone explain the random NDT appearance?

    • @bigthink
      @bigthink  10 років тому +42

      goo.gl/k5qCWP

    • @alektad
      @alektad 6 років тому

      It's how "watchout, we've got a badass here" meme was born

  • @1p6t1gms
    @1p6t1gms 10 років тому

    I feel like a big dink. I’ve been on u-stooge since the beginning and look who finds a new channel worth watching regularly. Der . . Der!

  • @temirlankasmaliev9322
    @temirlankasmaliev9322 4 роки тому

    was on Michio Kaku streak, This one is hilarious!

  • @nederlandas
    @nederlandas 10 років тому +27

    My life now makes sence....

    • @SephCat74
      @SephCat74 10 років тому +22

      sence... sence......

    • @tehfutureawesome
      @tehfutureawesome 10 років тому

      Urr now I forget how to spell sense, wait what?!? it looks weird now! URRRRRR

    • @NemoandStitchthecats
      @NemoandStitchthecats 10 років тому

      nedErlands je spreekt beter engels dan onze premier

    • @beatrizvaldes986
      @beatrizvaldes986 10 років тому

      nedErlands Really? What ..rest..? The real genious hard at work at their labs, and far away from these blogs?

    • @nederlandas
      @nederlandas 10 років тому +1

      Beatriz Valdes I think you just called not only me but also yourself stupid. Well played.

  • @rosscamonster1597
    @rosscamonster1597 7 років тому +5

    That is interesting, over time Einstein could have been super stubborn and persistent, intelligent enough to condition himself a super brain. Makes sense to me.

  • @Evtorsports
    @Evtorsports Рік тому

    Love how michio kaku explained it

  • @3dgar7eandro
    @3dgar7eandro 4 роки тому

    0:57 lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂I love this two 😁🙌👏👏👏👏

  • @healthfreak7195
    @healthfreak7195 4 роки тому +3

    I accidentally demaged my right temporal lobe...damn

  • @Andrefelipelopes1
    @Andrefelipelopes1 10 років тому +3

    1:00 - LMAO
    kkkkkkkkkkk

  • @UrgeidoitNet
    @UrgeidoitNet 7 років тому

    great job!

  • @Trey4x4
    @Trey4x4 9 років тому

    *Banging my head on the table as I watch*

  • @ultimatenakia202
    @ultimatenakia202 9 років тому +136

    if steven hocking is so smart y he cant walk

  • @michaelcraig9449
    @michaelcraig9449 8 років тому +3

    why do geniuses always have to be MATH geniuses?? Everyone always goes to math, immediately. Why not any other subject? Can a person be considered a genius at poetry, songwriting, music, history, and subjects like these? I am so tired of math being the total measuring device for intelligence. This is making the left side of my head hurt.

    • @free2radke777
      @free2radke777 8 років тому

      well for the artsy parts like poetry the "geniusousness" alot of people would consider a matter of opinion.. and history... is really knowing/remebering-what-youve- learned alot of history?? Any one can remeber alot of things that doesnt make them a geninus.. but if you were to make corilations between history, but you'd have to PROVE it.. because otherwise you can really say ANYTHING to corrilate them.. Numbers dont lie. Math is in everything.. literally look at anything! Math makes you out ur brain to WORK. Im not saying that other arts and history and such don't make you work because even poetry in some cases have rythms and such in them that can take work (which and still be math in some way or anyother im sure..)
      takkkkeee-- okay, take martial arts for example, you really need to put the mind and body to work... but you strive for percision, which in retro spect is math: reacting in the time, ensuring the correct angles and deciplcines. Think about it like this,.. Math is like a universal language for anything but art.. to understanding the world; how and why it works. (which we obviously havent figured it all out yet) so finding something new in this new "language" that hardly anyone knows about [in depth, of course].. is pretty genius.

    • @SpiffyCheese2
      @SpiffyCheese2 8 років тому

      +Michael Craig Well, The truth isle created music songwriting. Math is the most important thing in the universe because we discovered it. Everything in the universe follows math. Thats why people that are extremely good at math are called genius.

  • @1vootman
    @1vootman 10 років тому +1

    Examples of two "super geniuses" that were not socially awkward were Richard Feynman and Mozart. Very charming with the Ladies, and were two of the smartest men that lived. Also John Von Neumann...loved the ladies, and driving fast, arguably one of the greatest mathematicians do the 20th century.